Contrary to the predictions of liberals, the show was a hit. It pulled in 1.6 million viewers. Those are huge numbers on a Sunday night at 10 pm on a cable channel. That's only 100 thousand viewers fewer than Jon Stewart and better numbers than Colbert. The ratings were 69% better than usual in that time slot.
Of course, I haven't been able to find a single liberal anywhere who admits to it being funny. They'd have milk squirting out of their nose and would still claim it was worse than Saturday Night Live. Tom Shales, the Washington Post's effete style columnist, begrudgingly says it "wasn't terrible."
Shales, along with other liberals, bizarrely asks, "Can political conservatives be funny?" What? These people are so hateful and out of touch with real folks that they actually believe conservatives are incapable of humor, love, compassion, etc. It reminds me of a weird conversation I once had with one of my editors. He just couldn't believe that I had never smoked. I was in the military, military people smoke, therefore, I must have smoked. These people live in Bizarro World.
In other TV news (you can stop reading here), my favorite show, Stargate SG-1 has been cancelled. The final 10 episodes start running next month. Stargate Atlantis has been renewed. Stargate is MGM's Star Trek. It's more of a franchise than a series. I'm guessing we'll see a few movies and a few TV spin offs in the future.
I was going to go on and make a list of TV shows I have never seen, like 24, the Brady Bunch, Lost, American Idol, etc. But I've already exceeded my daily geek ration.
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